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Why not dispense with the Presidency?

House Speaker John Boehner wants to push back against Barack Obama’s abuses of power with a lawsuit, which couldn’t possibly accomplish anything until Obama was out of office.  Sarah Palin is talking about impeaching him, which is the Constitutionally-provided tool

Welcome to the Panopticon, Muslim Americans

The ongoing exposure of the Surveillance State from materials appropriated by Edward Snowden continues, as Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain at The Intercept report that five Muslim Americans with no detectable link to national-security threats were treated to the old

35 Times Obama Was Interested in a Photo Op

35 Times Obama Was Interested in a Photo Op

President Obama dismissed the idea of visiting the border on Wednesday, explaining that he wasn’t interested in photo ops while trying to solve a problem. “This is not theater. This is a problem,” he said. “I’m not interested in photo

Obama: We Have 'to Do the Right Thing by These Children'

Obama: We Have 'to Do the Right Thing by These Children'

After meeting with Texas Governor Rick Perry Wednesday, President Barack Obama said the White House intends “to do the right thing by these children” who are unlawfully crossing the border. Obama said “their parents need to know that this is

Report: US Spies on Prominent Muslim-Americans

Report: US Spies on Prominent Muslim-Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — An online magazine reported Wednesday that the National Security Agency and the FBI covertly scanned the emails of five prominent Muslim-Americans under the government’s secret surveillance program aimed at foreign terrorists and other national security threats. The

Journalist Groups Protest Obama's 'Suppression of the News'

Journalist Groups Protest Obama's 'Suppression of the News'

Battered wife media syndrome returned to the spotlight this week when 38 journalism groups, led by the Society of Professional Journalists, complained to the Obama White House about numerous offenses that were summed up as the “politically-driven suppression of news.”

Media Preps Battlefield To Attack GOP On Border Crisis

Media Preps Battlefield To Attack GOP On Border Crisis

According to Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s  First Read and MSNBC’s “Daily Countdown,” it seems pretty clear that Chuck Todd, NBC’s Chief White House Correspondent, and his colleagues are busying themselves in laying the groundwork to take some of the border

Improper Payments Top $500B During Obama Years

Improper Payments Top $500B During Obama Years

WASHINGTON (AP) — By its own estimate, the government made about $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them — tax credits to families that didn’t qualify, unemployment benefits to people

IRS Is Ready to Move On, but the American People Are Not

IRS Is Ready to Move On, but the American People Are Not

Ever since the IRS scandal broke, the agency’s defenders have been saying it’s over. President Obama denied a “smidgen” of corruption. Elijah Cummings still says “the case is solved.” These statements have the same ring as an officer waving people

White House Asks for $17.5M to Provide Lawyers for Illegals

White House Asks for $17.5M to Provide Lawyers for Illegals

President Barack Obama has asked for at least $17.5 million to provide lawyers for the illegal immigrant children who are flooding across the border and their guardians. On Tuesday, the White House asked Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funds

Hillary: So 'Dead Broke' We Couldn't Get Mortgage Loans

Hillary: So 'Dead Broke' We Couldn't Get Mortgage Loans

Sticking to her claim that she and husband Bill were “dead broke” when they left the White House, Hillary Clinton told German magazine Der Spiegel they were in deep debt because of “relentless persecution of my husband and myself.” The